How to Compress a Video File to Download Onto YouTube
YouTube is a site for watching videos and sharing your own videos with people all over the world. Unfortunately for users, it does have restrictions on the size of video files you can upload, the length of videos you can upload and the video file formats it accepts. For general users, videos must be under 2 GB, no longer than 10 minutes, and one of eight file formats.
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Instructions
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Compressing Video For YouTube
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Go to the Pavtube website (see the References section of this article) and download the Pavtube Video Converter. Double-click the install file and follow the installation procedures.
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Double-click the program icon and then click "Add" to load the video file(s) you want to compress. If your video is not one of the following--Windows Media Video (.WMV), .3GP (cell phones), .AVI (windows), .MOV (mac), .MP4 (ipod/psp), .MPEG, .FLV (adobe flash) or .MKV (h.264)--click the "Format" drop-down menu and select one of the aforementioned video formats.
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Click the "Output" drop-down menu and choose where you want the converted video file(s) to be placed on your computer.
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Click the "Settings" button and you will be presented with options to change the bit rate, sample rate, frame rate and other details. By lowering each setting, the program will be able to compress the video file more. When you finish changing the settings, click the "OK" button.
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Click "Convert" and the conversion process will begin. It will show an estimated time for conversion and the estimated file size. If the file size is over 2 GB, click "Cancel" and go back to the settings screen and lower each setting until the video is less than 2 GB.
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After converting the video to an acceptable file size and format, upload the file to YouTube as you normally would.
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Tips & Warnings
Do not compress a video more than you have to. If your video file is only slightly larger than 2 GB, then you should compress it as little as possible to retain its quality.
Pavtube has a free trial version to download, but it does not feature the same support as the paid version.
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